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Art Houtteman
Arthur Joseph Houtteman
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 188 lb.

Born: August 7, 1927 in Detroit, MI
High School: Catholic Central (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1945
Final Game: September 22, 1957
Died: May 6, 2003 in Rochester Hills, MI
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1945 17 DET AL 0 2 .000 5.33 13 0 9 0 0 0 25.1 27 17 15 1 11 9 1 0 0 116 66 1.500 9.6 0.4 3.9 3.2 0.82
1946 18 DET AL 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 15 8 8 1 0 2 0 0 0 40 40 1.875 16.9 1.1 0.0 2.3
1947 19 DET AL 7 2 .778 3.42 23 9 9 7 2 0 110.2 106 51 42 6 36 58 1 0 0 469 111 1.283 8.6 0.5 2.9 4.7 1.61
1948 20 DET AL 2 16 .111 4.66 43 20 15 4 0 10 164.1 186 101 85 11 52 74 2 0 3 716 94 1.448 10.2 0.6 2.8 4.1 1.42
1949 21 DET AL 15 10 .600 3.71 34 25 8 13 2 0 203.2 227 101 84 19 59 85 5 0 2 877 112 1.404 10.0 0.8 2.6 3.8 1.44 MVP-22
1950 22 DET AL 19 12 .613 3.54 41 34 6 21 4 4 274.2 257 112 108 29 99 88 8 1 2 1147 132 1.296 8.4 1.0 3.2 2.9 0.89 AS,MVP-24
1952 24 DET AL 8 20 .286 4.36 35 28 5 10 2 1 221.0 218 116 107 19 65 109 5 0 3 945 87 1.281 8.9 0.8 2.6 4.4 1.68
1953 25 TOT AL 9 13 .409 4.61 38 22 15 9 2 4 177.2 200 106 91 15 54 68 9 0 3 773 84 1.430 10.1 0.8 2.7 3.4 1.26
1953 25 DET AL 2 6 .250 5.90 16 9 6 3 1 1 68.2 87 50 45 11 29 28 4 0 2 316 69 1.689 11.4 1.4 3.8 3.7 0.97
1953 25 CLE AL 7 7 .500 3.80 22 13 9 6 1 3 109.0 113 56 46 4 25 40 5 0 1 457 99 1.266 9.3 0.3 2.1 3.3 1.60
1954 26 CLE AL 15 7 .682 3.35 32 25 3 11 1 0 188.0 198 80 70 14 59 68 3 0 1 805 110 1.367 9.5 0.7 2.8 3.3 1.15
1955 27 CLE AL 10 6 .625 3.98 35 12 12 3 1 0 124.1 126 63 55 15 44 1 53 2 0 0 529 100 1.367 9.1 1.1 3.2 3.8 1.20
1956 28 CLE AL 2 2 .500 6.56 22 4 5 0 0 1 46.2 60 39 34 5 31 2 19 4 0 1 234 64 1.950 11.6 1.0 6.0 3.7 0.61
1957 29 TOT AL 0 0 13.50 8 1 4 0 0 0 10.2 26 16 16 1 6 0 6 0 0 0 62 27 3.000 21.9 0.8 5.1 5.1 1.00
1957 29 CLE AL 0 0 6.75 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 6 3 3 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 20 56 2.250 13.5 2.3 6.8 6.8 1.00
1957 29 BAL AL 0 0 17.55 5 1 2 0 0 0 6.2 20 13 13 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 42 20 3.450 27.0 0.0 4.1 4.1 1.00
12 Seasons 87 91 .489 4.14 325 181 91 78 14 20 1555.0 1646 810 715 136 516 3 639 40 1 15 6713 98 1.390 9.5 0.8 3.0 3.7 1.24
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .489 4.14 44 24 12 10 2 3 209 221 109 96 18 69 86 5 0 2 902 98 1.390 9.5 0.8 3.0 3.7 1.24
DET (8 yrs) 53 69 .434 4.13 206 126 58 58 11 16 1076.1 1123 556 494 97 351 453 26 1 12 4626 101 1.369 9.4 0.8 2.9 3.8 1.29
CLE (5 yrs) 34 22 .607 3.97 114 54 31 20 3 4 472.0 503 241 208 39 162 3 183 14 0 3 2045 97 1.409 9.6 0.7 3.1 3.5 1.13
BAL (1 yr) 0 0 17.55 5 1 2 0 0 0 6.2 20 13 13 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 42 20 3.450 27.0 0.0 4.1 4.1 1.00

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1954 26 CLE AL WS L NYG 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
1 WS 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1945 17 DET AL 13 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1
1946 18 DET AL 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 173 1 0 0 1 /1
1947 19 DET AL 23 40 40 2 12 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 3 .300 .300 .350 .650 78 14 0 0 0 1
1948 20 DET AL 43 57 56 2 11 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 2 .196 .196 .196 .393 3 11 1 0 1 1
1949 21 DET AL 36 81 78 8 19 2 0 0 7 0 0 1 14 .244 .253 .269 .522 38 21 5 0 2 1 MVP-22
1950 22 DET AL 41 109 93 5 14 4 1 0 3 0 0 5 20 .151 .194 .215 .409 3 20 3 0 11 1 AS,MVP-24
1952 24 DET AL 36 77 69 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 .101 .127 .101 .228 -36 7 4 0 6 1
1953 25 TOT AL 39 58 53 7 8 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 7 .151 .167 .245 .412 11 13 1 0 4 1
1953 25 DET AL 16 21 19 4 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .158 .158 .368 .526 39 7 1 0 2 1
1953 25 CLE AL 23 37 34 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .147 .171 .176 .348 -5 6 0 0 2 1
1954 26 CLE AL 32 76 65 6 18 2 0 1 10 1 0 2 11 .277 .294 .354 .648 76 23 1 0 8 1 1
1955 27 CLE AL 35 45 38 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .158 .220 .158 .377 2 6 0 0 4 0 0 1
1956 28 CLE AL 23 13 12 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333 -13 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1957 29 TOT AL 8 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 184 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1957 29 CLE AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1957 29 BAL AL 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 184 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
12 Seasons 330 566 513 37 99 12 1 2 37 2 1 14 77 .193 .214 .232 .446 19 119 15 0 38 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 278 252 18 49 6 0 1 18 1 0 7 38 .193 .214 .232 .446 19 58 7 0 19
DET (8 yrs) 209 393 362 23 67 9 1 1 25 0 1 8 53 .185 .203 .224 .426 13 81 14 0 23
CLE (5 yrs) 116 171 149 14 31 3 0 1 12 2 0 6 24 .208 .237 .248 .486 31 37 1 0 15 1 0
BAL (1 yr) 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 184 1 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 26 CLE AL WS NYG L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1945 DET AL 17 P 13 10 2 8 0 1 1.000 0.77 .950 1.28
1946 DET AL 18 P 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 1.00
1947 DET AL 19 P 23 23 4 17 2 2 .913 0.91 .957 0.95
1948 DET AL 20 P 43 60 9 47 4 5 .933 1.30 .963 0.91
1949 DET AL 21 P 34 75 14 59 2 7 .973 2.15 .961 1.01 MVP-22
1950 DET AL 22 P 41 82 15 63 4 2 .951 1.90 .950 0.96 AS,MVP-24
1952 DET AL 24 P 35 57 16 40 1 3 .982 1.60 .965 1.03
1953 TOT AL 25 P 38 40 11 28 1 1 .975 1.03 .957 0.88
1953 DET AL 25 P 16 15 4 10 1 0 .933 0.88 .960 0.88
1953 CLE AL 25 P 22 25 7 18 0 1 1.000 1.14 .956 0.88
1954 CLE AL 26 P 32 25 188.0 57 17 38 2 3 .965 2.63 1.72 .958 2.01 0.93
1955 CLE AL 27 P 35 12 124.1 42 14 27 1 4 .976 2.97 1.17 .955 1.99 0.83
1956 CLE AL 28 P 22 4 46.2 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 2.31 0.55 .950 1.93 0.82
1957 TOT AL 29 P 8 1 10.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.69 0.25 .950 2.02 0.86
1957 CLE AL 29 P 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 0.87
1957 BAL AL 29 P 5 1 6.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.70 0.40 .950 2.02 0.86
12 Seasons P 325 42 369.2 461 105 339 17 28 .963 10.81 1.37 .958 1.99 0.94
12 Seasons TOT 325 42 369.2 461 105 339 17 28 .963 10.81 1.37 .921 1.99 0.94

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1964 BBWAA ( 1.0%)

All-Star Games
1950 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1949 AL (22, 1%)
1950 AL (24, 2%)
0.03 Career Shares (1233rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1950 AL  3.539 (5th)

Wins s c a p y
1949 AL  15 (10th)
1950 AL  19 (3rd)
1954 AL  15 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1950 AL  .613 (10th)
1954 AL  .682 (9th)
1955 AL  .625 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1950 AL  1.296 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1950 AL  8.421 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 AL  2.848 (5th)
1949 AL  2.607 (2nd)
1950 AL  3.244 (5th)
1952 AL  2.647 (4th)
1953 AL  2.736 (8th)
1954 AL  2.825 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1948 AL  43 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1948 AL  10 (3rd)
1950 AL  4 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1950 AL  274.7 (2nd)

Games Started s c a p y
1950 AL  34 (2nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1950 AL  21 (3rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1950 AL  4 (1st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1949 AL  19 (4th)
1950 AL  29 (1st)
1952 AL  19 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1949 AL  227 (10th)
1950 AL  257 (5th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1948 AL  1.423 (5th)
1949 AL  1.441 (2nd)
1952 AL  1.677 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1948 AL  16 (4th)
1952 AL  20 (1st)
1953 AL  13 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1950 AL  108 (8th)
1952 AL  107 (2nd)
1953 AL  91 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1949 AL  5 (7th)
1950 AL  8 (3rd)
1953 AL  9 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1950 AL  1147 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1950 AL  132 (4th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1950 AL  11 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1945 AL  born 1927-08-07 (1st)
1946 AL  born 1927-08-07 (1st)
1947 AL  born 1927-08-07 (7th)
1948 AL  born 1927-08-07 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 53 (474), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (800), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1945 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 1953: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Owen Friend, Joe Ginsberg and Bill Wight to the Cleveland Indians for Al Aber, Ray Boone, Steve Gromek and Dick Weik.

May 20, 1957: Purchased by the Baltimore Orioles from the Cleveland Indians.

April 14, 1958: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

April 14, 1958: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

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